Tuesday, May 31, 2011 11:50:29 PMActually until next year "Mentally retarded" is an acceptable text book term used in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, It will later be changed to "Intellectual Disability". Until then retarded is fair game.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 3:04:02 PMZeegrr, your post was by far one of the most idiotic I have ever seen in my life. Have you ever read about autism in your life, beyond what people tell you? Seriously? Good lord, I don't even know what to say to you right now.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 11:23:55 AM"We are already at the point that virtually nobody uses the word "retard" to refer to someone with a mental handicap. It now refers only to people who don't know that stripes and plaid don't match, people who won't get off of the phone to order at Starbucks, and Democrats."

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 11:05:53 AMHere's where this country is going PC nuts. The medical term for a lack of oxygen to the brain at birth is "Retardation of the brain". The effected person is "Retarded". My brother was born in 1955 with this condition.So "No", I will not stop using the "R" word. By the way, "Real" Autism means you can't speak. When are we gonna stop calling all these kids getting a government check "Autistic"?

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 5:59:06 AMThe word geek originally meant, "a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts". Now, that is the final and least used definition in the dictionary.

We are already at the point that virtually nobody uses the word "retard" to refer to someone with a mental handicap. It now refers only to people who don't know that stripes and plaid don't match, people who won't get off of the phone to order at Starbucks, and Democrats.

If you are mentally challenged, and you hear that word, don't get offended. We're not talking about you unless you voted for Obama. If you did, that would make you a mentally challenged retard.